So I was just doing my daily downvotes on the White House YouTube channel, and I couldn't help but notice that the Biden's message to China has something like 14k upvotes, which is WAAAAY more than the rest of the videos on the channel. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about this current administration, I don't know what does!
That's all.
It’s true that CNY is a big deal in many Asian countries. I still have some extended relatives living in Asia and when we go to visit, my family sends the obligatory hongbao (for Western readers: hongbao are red envelopes containing cash gifts that are given out during Chinese/lunar new year celebrations), but we do it purely out of politeness. Not doing so would be a major social faux pas. But if it were entirely up to us, we would rather skip the whole thing altogether.